Next we’ll discover that “direct communication” means 2, 3, 4 or 5 degrees of separation.
Terrorist talks to American. That persons communications are then subject to recording. He talks to person 1, and that’s 1 degree of separation. Person 1 talks to person 2, and that’s 2 degrees.
The argument will be that that’s how a “secret cell” operates. One layer doesn’t know the identity of any other layers, so therefore, they must collect a variety of layers.
The only question is how many layers. I’ve read that one American is only 5 degrees of separation from any other American. We all know somebody who knows somebody, etc.,
I read differently; I read that any person on Earth is 4.7 degrees of separation from ANY other person on the planet.
Close; here's how it goes:
I thought there was another source which indicated they were using 3 degrees of separation.
So please grade me on my scenario, Rev!
Abdul the Terrorist calls the bank to check up on that deposit from the Saudi Wahhabi Oil Sheik Benevolent Fund (The same fund that gives Obama money to oppose the Keystone pipeline and pays John McCain to advocate war with Syria)), and so that bank clerk he talked to is the 1st degree of separation. Later that day a pizza store owner calls into that bank and our newly made person-of-interest clerk answers questions about his checking account, that’s the degree of separation number 2. That evening you call in a take-out pizza. Now you’re the 3rd degree of separation. So it’s ok to spy on you without a warrant, right?
Seriously, they’ve thrown the Constitution we took a mortal oath to right into the garbage.
Terrorists order pizza to munch while plotting.
Anyone else who calls the same pizza parlor is one hop.
If any of them calls out for Chinese later that’s two hops.
Anyone else who called the same Chinese restaurant is three hops.